The developed countries must step up to the plate to come true on their existing commitments to fight climate change, said Jayanthi Natarajan, Indian Environment Minister, while addressing the U.N. cl ...More

Just 90 companies have been responsible for almost two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions generated since the Industrial Revolution began, new research has suggested. And, 83 of them are energy compan ...More

US seeks to operationalise a new model of relations with China while forging deeper cooperation on issues where their interests converge, a top White House official has said. "When it comes to Chin ...More

Warsaw: India on Wednesday asked rich nations to immediately start supporting developing countries facing “loss and damage” due to global warming, after officials from G-77+China staged a walkout ...More

The G77+China group of 133 countries walked out of negotiations on Loss and Damage at around 3:30 am on Wednesday morning after the rich countries refused to budge from the position that the subject s ...More

WARSAW: In a unique move of this kind, the Polish government on Wednesday sacked his environment minister Marcin Korolec — who currently heads the country's delegation at the climate talks. Thou ...More

WARSAW: In a rare show of strength against rich nations, the G77+China Group, comprising almost all developing countries, walked out of the negotiations on crucial Loss and Damage (L&D) issue early We ...More

WARSAW: Amid sign of disappointment among developing and poor nations, the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) Group on Wednesday presented a united front against the rich nations, asking th ...More

Standing their ground against developed nations, the G77+China group of 133 countries walked out of negotiations on the Loss and Damage mechanism at the United Nations climate change conference early ...More

Warsaw, Poland: China and India are stepping up pressure on wealthy countries to move first on fighting global warming, saying the earliest industrialized nations are the most to blame for rising temp ...More

VADODARA: India will soon establish a research station to carry out cryosphere studies in the Himalayas. Cryosphere is a term for the regions, which are covered in ice and snow either seasonally or al ...More

WARSAW: In a rare show of strength against rich nations, the G77+China Group, comprising almost all developing countries, walked out of the negotiations on crucial Loss and Damage (L&D) issue early We ...More

With the growing popularity of precision farming in industrialised countries, where workforce is a major limitation in managing large farms, for increasing food production with least damage to the env ...More

On the day that the BASIC countries came together to take the high moral ground against non-delivery of commitments by the developed world, India took on the rich countries for trying to put a Trojan ...More

There has been “a phenomenal increase” in the levels of fine particles in the atmosphere over India, especially those generated by human activity, according to research published recently by a tea ...More

Standing their ground against developed nations, the G77+China group of 133 countries walked out of negotiations on the Loss and Damage mechanism at the United Nations climate change conference early ...More

India does have Jayanti Natarajan, a woman Environment minister. But how many women actually get a say in or be part of any policy making when it pertains to environmental and climate change issues di ...More

NEW DELHI: They might be after your iPhone for the latest version of Temple Run and they might be the only reason why Krrish 3 survived a silly plot. But, when it comes to being superheroes of tomorro ...More

Long drawn arguments through two days of almost continuous negotiations broke out over the key decisions that the Warsaw meeting would make. A draft of the decisions brought out on Monday became the n ...More

Jakarta: Replanted mangrove trees in Southeast Asia are getting credit for protecting against deadly tsunamis and typhoons such as Haiyan in the Philippines and cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Mang ...More